Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 435 469
Rank change year-on-year -128 +34 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 77 82 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 2.49% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 29 33
10th Percentile £213 £430 £238
25th Percentile £400 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £612 £575 £663
90th Percentile £658 £613 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £420
% change year-on-year -5.00% +19.05% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year +82.92% -41.75% +106.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,275 3,287 3,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.27% 11.77% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 2,082 2,256
10th Percentile £250 £220 £243
25th Percentile £400 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £595 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 386 175 170
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.79 £25.31
Median hourly rate £41.75 £35.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +19.29% -38.97% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £93.77 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.72 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.10% -16.56% -11.49%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -49 26 £585 - 3
London -75 22 £600 +11.63% 26
North West -27 21 £608 - 2
Midlands -39 10 £225 -59.09% 2
West Midlands -45 10 £225 -59.09% 2
South West -30 8 £560 +180.00% 2
South East -88 5 £600 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £400 - 1
East of England -40 2 £463 -11.06% 3
North East -38 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (19.48%) Azure
3 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.90%) AWS
5 3 (3.90%) Slack
6 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.30%) GCP
7 1 (1.30%) GitHub
7 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.30%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 37 (48.05%) Firewall
2 31 (40.26%) BGP
3 30 (38.96%) NX-OS
4 28 (36.36%) WAN
5 23 (29.87%) Wireless
6 22 (28.57%) VLAN
7 19 (24.68%) DNS
7 19 (24.68%) VPN
8 18 (23.38%) OSPF
9 17 (22.08%) DHCP
10 16 (20.78%) IOS XR
11 13 (16.88%) MPLS
11 13 (16.88%) Network Security
12 11 (14.29%) EIGRP
12 11 (14.29%) Ethernet
12 11 (14.29%) SD-WAN
13 10 (12.99%) NAS
13 10 (12.99%) SAN
13 10 (12.99%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (11.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
2 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.30%) GitLab
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.30%) Robot Framework
General
1 32 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Banking
3 10 (12.99%) Finance
4 6 (7.79%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.90%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.60%) Publishing
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Electronics
7 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.30%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Military
7 1 (1.30%) Police
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 16 (20.78%) Senior
3 13 (16.88%) Architect
4 12 (15.58%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Core Network Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Senior Core Network Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (7.79%) Help Desk Support Technician
8 6 (7.79%) Help Desk Technician
8 6 (7.79%) Network Architect
8 6 (7.79%) Support Technician
9 5 (6.49%) Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Cisco Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Technical Architect
10 4 (5.19%) IT Support Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) Terraform
2 7 (9.09%) NETCONF
2 7 (9.09%) REST
3 5 (6.49%) 802.1X
4 4 (5.19%) YANG
5 3 (3.90%) RESTCONF
6 2 (2.60%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.79%) Smartphone
4 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.60%) BYOD
6 2 (2.60%) CMDB
6 2 (2.60%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.60%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.30%) Life Science
7 1 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.30%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Android
3 6 (7.79%) Linux
4 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Migration
2 16 (20.78%) ITSM
3 11 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
4 10 (12.99%) Customer Service
5 9 (11.69%) Asset Management
6 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (9.09%) AI
7 7 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.09%) Problem Management
7 7 (9.09%) Validation
8 6 (7.79%) Customer Experience
8 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 6 (7.79%) ITIL
8 6 (7.79%) Network Architecture
8 6 (7.79%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
8 6 (7.79%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (6.49%) Incident Management
9 5 (6.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.47%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) Perl
2 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.30%) Bash
3 1 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (41.56%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (32.47%) CCNP
3 23 (29.87%) Security Cleared
4 18 (23.38%) SC Cleared
5 13 (16.88%) CCNA
6 10 (12.99%) CCIE
7 9 (11.69%) DV Cleared
7 9 (11.69%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (11.69%) Server+ Certification
8 4 (5.19%) Degree
9 2 (2.60%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.30%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (1.30%) CCIE Security
10 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.30%) CWNA
10 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.19%) vSphere
4 3 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.60%) Docker
6 1 (1.30%) Firmware
6 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.30%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (20.78%) Ansible
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.79%) SCCM
4 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
4 3 (3.90%) Nagios
5 2 (2.60%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.30%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (25.97%) Fortinet
3 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
4 13 (16.88%) Arista
5 11 (14.29%) Juniper
5 11 (14.29%) ServiceNow
6 9 (11.69%) VMware
7 8 (10.39%) Meraki
8 7 (9.09%) Palo Alto
9 6 (7.79%) Canon
10 5 (6.49%) F5
11 4 (5.19%) SevOne
12 3 (3.90%) Citrix
12 3 (3.90%) NetScout
12 3 (3.90%) SolarWinds
12 3 (3.90%) Splunk
13 2 (2.60%) FireEye
13 2 (2.60%) McAfee
14 1 (1.30%) Aruba
14 1 (1.30%) Rockwell